Personally, I think this is great news. TVC is cool, but packaging isn't a selling point for me. Good figures are, and cool pack-ins. So this is potentially a great move as far as I'm concerned... but seeing what looks like two repacks right off the bat? Yikes.

What 2 "repacks" are you referring to? Padme looks to be modified (note the battle damaged clothing), I think R2 is a BAD mold with the booster rockets. The only repack I see is probably the Biker Scout.

JaysonYakface Reporter/Reviewer/Photographer/Toyguide ManagerMember of the JediDefender Twin Cities Collector Club

I am on the fence here. I am a fork in the road Hasbro has made thelast couple of years pretty rank for me. I want to walk away but I love Star Wars so much. I could hang in there some more beyond TVC but it will be make or break for me, I guess depending availability.

I do like the Padme even if it is Hasbro's 500th variation of Geo Padme. She looks like a a good solid figure.

The first time I felt I was forced into figs I wouldn't normally buy, kind of feel the same here. I ultimately didn't regret any of the purchases but if they make these into repacks like the past few years I might feel slighted.

YAK_Jayson wrote:What 2 "repacks" are you referring to? Padme looks to be modified (note the battle damaged clothing), I think R2 is a BAD mold with the booster rockets. The only repack I see is probably the Biker Scout.

Just my opinion, but I consider the R2-D2 a repack even it has booster rockets. Basically, a figure we already have with an accessory that cost Hasbro about a nickel to make (or repack from previous B.A.D. booster rockets).

So, I don't see much effort from Hasbro with these first three figures to launch what is supposed to be a new line for 2013... and if Padme has old parts, it makes sense - but that would mean none of these figures required all new tooling. Not that I won't buy a couple Padme figures, but I might pass on the other two. Kind of a shame. A little weathering on the Biker Scout and some carbon scoring on R2-D2 would go a long way... but it doesn't look like that's something they decided to do.

Who knows, maybe the rest of this wave will rock. But if this is an indication of how 2013 is going to launch, I'm not feeling too good about things.

I'm not thrilled about this because as difficult as the last few waves of the original BAD waves were to find and how difficult it's been to find figures now, I have a feeling it will be next to impossible to actually build the droids unless you buy cases of waves.

I'm glad BAD is coming back. Vintage packing is great but I'm an opener, so as long as the figures are good. Another plus I see is although none of us really WANT to buy figures we don't like, people may buy a couple just to get the parts, which could mean more sell through and less pegwarming of some. However, distribution has to improve drastically.

The Professor makes a good point, with distribution issues, building the droids could be hell! But, I'm still excited to see the concept come back, and I do think it can help sales... let's just hope it doesn't mean yet another price hike because of the droid parts.

I didn't add any regular style astromechs to the list... because personally, I'm pretty burnt out on them... and I'd really love to see Hasbro tie this into the TOR stuff if possible, since we're really not getting many other figures from that line like I had hoped.

You're absolutely right. While I love the BAD astromechs, I do feel they've gotten over saturated (rebel pilots too!). I'd love to see more EU droids. How about a BAD Proxy? Or a gonk droid. Two legs, and two halves of the box. Make it similar to the new opening top gonk.